I remember when
Despicable Me came out during my second year of college. I saw it in
theaters three times in one week. And because we were in Provo, UT
AKA dating capital of the world, I saw it with three separate guys,
Derek being one of them. To say I was obsessed is a slight
understatement. Now that I have an almost-three-year-old it's
becoming more and more acceptable for me to be watching it all the
time again. I'm not even mad about it one bit.

This August we have three
birthdays in our family. Em's, Jay's and mine. I'm already in party
planning mode, and am planning on going attack of the Minions for
Jay's party. Because what's better than Minions? Every
three-year-old's dream, I promise.

When I was at Food Lion a
few weeks ago I saw these Mott's Apple Juice boxes and knew they
would be perfect for part of Jay's birthday party. I love Mott's
Apple Juice, and their new Minion packaging is adorable. The Minion
packaging is only available in-store until July 31st though, so I
made sure to buy a few packs so we would have some for Jay's Birthday
come August. I got the plain apple flavor, but you can also find
Tropical Ba-na-na which sounds delicious. Plus, thanks to the little
DIY project I have for you today, you can make a little Minion cover
for your juice boxes which little boys will love, and they add more
Minion decor to your party. A win-win situation for sure.

PS. today through the 30th at Food Lion you can buy any two Mott's 64oz or 6-pack Juice products and get a FREE 6-pack of Mott's Applesauce... and I personally tried the "strawberry ba-na-na" flavor, and it's delicious... so pick that one.

Start off by tracing
around one of the juice boxes on the yellow card stock. Do this for
as many juice boxes as you are planning on serving, and then cut out
all of the rectangles. This will be the base of your Minion.

Next, cut out a triangle
shape from each side of the blue square, and trapezoid from the
middle of the blue square (shown below), this will make your blue
square into overalls... and all Minions wear overalls so this is a
must.